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Japan wins Olympic softball gold

There goes the US perfect gold medal streak in that sport. Too bad the sport won't be back in next Olympics.

Congratulations to Japan.

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Zorak

I've always pondered, what's the difference between softball and baseball?

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skyblue

softer ball......bigger i think

smaller pitch

something like that anyway

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gLing

A softball is 12 inches in diameter as opposed to 9 inches for a baseball.
The pitcher stands in a circle instead of on a raised mound and she is also closer to home plate.
The bases are about 60 feet apart where as in baseball they are around 90 feet apart.
The bats can be no longer than 34 inches in softball where as in baseball I think it's 42 inches and the pitching rules are different.
A baseball game goes for 9 innings and softball game goes for 7.
Also in softball they have a double first base but not in baseball.
In baseball you have 9 players and in slow pitch softball there are 10 but the fast pitch game is 9.
The base stealing rules are different too. In baseball a runner can steal a base as long as the ball is live, in softball a runner can't steal a base until the ball leaves the pitcher's circle.

I personally see softball as a more refined form of baseball but my only complaint is the underhand pitching. They should allow for both over and underhand pitching.

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Zorak

Underhand does sound like the sort of way a tiny wee girl would pitch

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